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Excerpt from Barbara Marx Hubbard’s new book BIRTH 2012 and Beyond featuring Vistar Foundation in Part IV, “Resources for the Birth”...
The Vistar Method evolved over sixteen years of committed, cutting-edge work on convening Circles. I believe this format is uniquely suited for collective evolutionary awakening in support of the Birth.
The Method provides four guidelines and a simple structure. The guidelines, called GuideRules, are deeply rooted in metaphysical principles that are easy to apply. The Vistar GuideRules address the focusing of attention and energy in a group so that the whole can move to new levels of understanding, connection, and meaning. The Method’s disciplined format allows transformative meetings where individuals can break through barriers to authenticity and work together synergistically. The creators of Vistar, Ron Friedman, MD, and Victoria Friedman, also point to a less tangible factor, “the magic of conscious partnership with the Creative Source, which can uplift and infuse gatherings with a sense of unity and meaning and a vision of purpose. It’s about energy, clarity, and moving beyond the quagmires and barriers experienced in normal group communication in evolutionary groups, businesses, in families, and certainly on the world stage.”
The Vistar Method is easy to learn and can be used for a small or large number of participants. It defines three roles for each meeting: the Leader, the Support, and the Participant, each with their own responsibility to the Circle.
“I have found that, as the frequency of a meeting increases, the direct heart-felt experience of connectedness emerges with its immense new possibilities. The Vistar Method is an art form, a cocreative social structure, and a promising approach for starting a Shift Circle."
~ Barbara Marx Hubbard
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